The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . FiR. AVES. size is inferior, and tlie ground-tint of their plumage commonly green, with some red or yellow on thethroat and breast; [the female is chestnut-brown where the male is black, the tail much graduated,and the furcula (fig. 103) complete. Among the Aricaris are certain species more vividly green than the rest, the beak of which has a deep, lateraijlongitudinal furrow ; they are the Groove-bills (Aidacori/nchus, Gould). The Aricaris g-enerally a
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . FiR. AVES. size is inferior, and tlie ground-tint of their plumage commonly green, with some red or yellow on thethroat and breast; [the female is chestnut-brown where the male is black, the tail much graduated,and the furcula (fig. 103) complete. Among the Aricaris are certain species more vividly green than the rest, the beak of which has a deep, lateraijlongitudinal furrow ; they are the Groove-bills (Aidacori/nchus, Gould). The Aricaris g-enerally are more varie-g-ated than the true Toucans, to which they bear nearly the same relationship which the Jays and Magpies hedwith the Crows. They appear to be less carnivorous]. The Parrots (Psiffacus, Lin.)—Have a stout, hard, solid beak, rounded on all sides, and enveloped at base by a membrane in whichthe nostrils are pierced; together with a thick, fleshy, and rounded tongue : two circumstances whichimpart the greatest facility in imitating the human voice. Their inferior larynx, which is complicated,and furnished on each side
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